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Lexicon :: Strong's H7385 - rîq

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רִיק
Transliteration
rîq
Pronunciation
reek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2161b

Strong’s Definitions

רִיק rîyq, reek; from H7324; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:—empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H7385 in the following manner: vain (7x), vanity (2x), no purpose (1x), empty (1x), vain thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H7385 in the following manner: vain (7x), vanity (2x), no purpose (1x), empty (1x), vain thing (1x).

  1. emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִיק rîyq, reek; from H7324; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:—empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
STRONGS H7385: Abbreviations
† רִיק noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — chiefly in adverb phrase לְרִיק Isaiah 46:4; Job 39:16 in vain (of labour without benefit), so לָר׳ Leviticus 26:16, 20 (H), Isaiah 65:23; and as adverb accusative רִיק Isaiah 30:7; Psalm 73:13, probably also Psalm 2:1 (most = empty scheme as רֵיק 2) compare Psalm 4:3 (read probably רֵיק); בְּדֵי דִיק Jeremiah 51:58 = Habakkuk 2:13. — Jeremiah 51:34 see רֵיק 1 above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:16; 26:20

Job

39:16

Psalms

2:1; 4:3; 73:13

Isaiah

30:7; 46:4; 65:23

Jeremiah

51:34; 51:58

Habakkuk

2:13

H7385

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7385 matches the Hebrew רִיק (rîq),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations rage[fn]
and the peoples plot in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O men,[fn] how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - Egypt’s help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
“Rahab who sits still.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the LORD,
and my recompense with my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,[fn]
for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD,
and their descendants with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
he has swallowed me like a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
The broad wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
The peoples labor for nothing,
and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts
that peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
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